Baggage carrier



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GEORGE I'TIFIIRY 'WIIEAEY, OF BACI'FE, FJ'ISCGIQ'SIN, ASSIG-NOB TU IR HEARY TRUNK COMPANY, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

BAGGAGE CARRIER.

Application filed June 10, 1925, Serial No. 38,223. Renewed September 4, 1926.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in baggage carriers particularly of the wardrobe type having hingedly connected wardrobe and crawer sections.

One object of this invention resides in the provision of an improved baggage carrier which will be or" very durable construc tion, which will be steady while opened and which will permit the easy opening and closing of the sections.

Another object of this invention is to provide an improved luggage carrier of the wardrobe trunk type in which one section has a member entended from its inner lower portion over which the other section is movable to be interlocked therewith to produce a very rigid trunk having the appearance of the conventional wardrobe trunk.

T his invention has as a further object the provision of an improved baggage carrier of the character described in which one antlitriction means supports the movable section as it is being opened or closed over the ex tension member and another anti-friction means supports the movable section while the same is being swung tree of the extension member.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the appended claims, it being understod that such changes in the precise embodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, I have illustrated two complete examples of the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to the best modes I have so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a baggage carrier of the wardrobe trunk type embodying my invention, the sections thereof being open;

Figure 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary, perspective view taken through the lower portion of the trunk on the plane of the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of my improved baggage carrier;

Figure t is an enlarged fragmentary,

sectional view taken through Figure 1 on the plane of the line H;

Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1 of a slightly modified form of my invention, and

Figure 6 is a diagrammatic view looking down on the one piece bottom and illustrating in dotted lines the section cut out to provide a recess.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals designate like parts throughout the several views, 10 designates the ward-robe section and 11 the drawer section of a baggage carrier of the wardrobe trunk type which are hingedly connected along the meeting marginal edges of adjacent side paneis by a suitable hinge fitting 12.

The wardrobe section is of the open top type and has side panels 13 and 1 1, a rear panel or outer wall 15 and a bottom wall 16, its top being preferably closed by a cover 17 hinged either to the inner marginal edge of the drawer section top panel 18, as illustrated in Figure 1, or hinged on the upper marginal edge of the wardrobe section outer wall 15, as illustrated in Figure 5.

The drawer section includes side panels 19 and 20, an outer or rear wall 21, a bot tom 22 and the top panel 18, previously described. Guides or other drawer supports 23 are secured to the side panels 19 and in horizontal alignment to slidably mount drawers 24 which may bev freely withdrawn when the trunk sections are opened ninety degrees or more.

In that form of my invention illustrated in Figure 1, the sections are preferably secured in closed position by a master lock 25 carried by the hinged cover 17 and engageable in a keeper, not shown, in the rear wall 15 of the section 10. Suitable interlocking dowel members are provided at points along the juncture between the sections to prevent spreading between the parts and the sections are also locked near their lower ends by a locking mechanism, not shown, controlled from a locking bar 26 adapted to be actuated by the closing of the hinged top 17. In that style of trunk illustrated in Figure 5, the master lock 25 is carried by the panel 20 of section 11 and is engageable in a keeper 27 carried by the panel 1 1 of section 10, the hinged top 17 being secured in closed position by interlocking dowel devices and additional locking means being provided for the sections adjacent their lower ends.

The trunk sections are so arranged as to position the bottom of one section on a higher plane than that of the other, the space thus formed being filled, when the sections are closed, by a member 28 extended laterally from the lower inner face of the section having its bottom on the lower plane. In that form of my invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 4, the wardrobe section 10 has its bottom on a higher plane than thedrawer section 11 and, therefore, the member 28 is carried by and extended from the drawer section, whereas in Figure 5 this arrangement is reversed and the drawer section is the movable section and has its bottom on the higher plane.

The member 28 may be integral with the bottom of the normally stationary section from which it extends and is preferably reinforced by transverse cleats 29 extending thereacross and the bottom of the stationary section. The movable section, which in Fig ure 1 is the wardrobe section, is adapted to be swung over the member 28 and the lower marginal edges of its panels have means for receiving or engaging the marginal edges of the member 28 to prevent spreading between the sections when the trunk is closed.

The corner portion of the member 28 remote from the hinge fitting 12 is cut away, as at 30, on an arc employing the axis of the hinge fitting as center to provide a recess in which a part carried by the adjacent portion of the movable section is en gaged. The wall or marginal edge of the recess has a protecting member 8t secured thereorer and which is provided with a central groove or channel 32 for receiving a bead or rib 33 entcnded inwardly from a part 34: fixed to the movable section and adapted to tit in the recess formed by the cutaway portion 50. It is evident that this recess may be located at any point in the member 28, but when at the corner and side of the member remote from the hinge fitting, the recess is arcuate and the part 34 swings therein to fill the same, as illustrated by dotted lines in Figure 3.

The interlocking channel and bead connection between the recess and part 34 rigidly connects the member 28 and the movable section when the trunk is closed and the ren'iaining marginal edge portions of the member :28 it in and are received by a channel formed along the lower marginal edge of the rear wall 15 and side panel 13 of the movable section. The channel is formed by bending strip metal medially upon itself with one end struck laterally to form a right angle bracket embracing the marginal corners of the movable section; one flange 3,6 of the bracket being secured to the panel 35 and the other flange 37 being secured to the bottom 16. That portion of the strip below the -flanges 37 and 36 is curved downwardly and then inwardly to form the channel 35 and gives the appearance of the conventional rounded trunk corner. The marginal edge portions of the member 28 adapted to lit in the channel 35 are protected against undue wear by a member 38 fitted thereover, the lower portion oi which curved to conform with the curvature of the channel 35, as best illustrated in Figure 2.

The swinging end of the movable section is adapted to be supported by an anti-friction member 39 which, in the present embodiment, is carried by the member 28 adjacent the recess formed therein. For convenience the anti-friction member as above illustrated, has aball bearing 40 rotatably secured in a socket .1 which is passed through the member 28 to position the uppermost portion of the ball 40 on a plane to support the bottom 16 of the movable section as it is swung thereover. The antilriction device is secured in position by the adjacent cleat 29 and a flange 4 formed on the casing 4-1.

Also fixed to the movable section, prefer- I ly to the part 34 thereof, is an anti-trietion device of a construction similar to the device '39 and, therefore, the reference numerals of one are applied to the other. The lowe most portion of the ball 40 0f the anti-friction device is on a plane slightly above that of the bottom of the cleats 29 when the sections are closed. when the movable section is swung free of the member 28 the bottom 16 thereof rides off the anti=friction device 39 and the section drops a very slight distance to engage the roller 40 of the anti-friction device with the floor. By this arrangement the outer hinged end of the movable section is at all times supported by an anti-friction device, the anti-friction device 43 supporting the section as it is moved beyond the member 28 and the a11ti-friction device 39 as it is swung over the member 28.

In order to facilitate the movement of the traveling section onto the anti-friction devic 39, the leading edge portion of its bottom is inclined, as at 44.

What 1 claim as my invention is:

1. in a bag age carrier having sections hinged together for relative movement in a horizontal plane, the con'ibination with one of the sections, of a traveling support connectcd with the lower portion thereof, and means carried by the other section for lifting and independently supporting the tirstmentioned section to hold said traveling support above the floor level during a part of the closing movement of the sections.

:2. In a baggage carrier having sections connected together for relative movement in a horizontal plane to close and open the sections, the combination with one of the sections. of a supporting anti-friction device, and means connected with the other section for lifting that portion of the first-mentioned section to which said anti-friction device is attached during its horizontal move ment. wherebv said anti-friction device may be raised above the floor level during such mov ment.

In a receptacle having sections connected togeth r for relative movement in a horizontal plane to open and closed position, the combination with one of the sections, of supporting anti-friction device connected with its lower end for travel along a floor. and a second anti-friction device connected with the other section for lifting and supporting the first-mentioned section during a part of the closing movement of said sections upon each other.

l. in a trunk, the combination of a section having anextended base, an anti-friction device thereon, and another section normally supportec upon said anti-friction device; said last-mentioned section being adjustable to an open position at a slightly lower level.

5. In a baggage carrier, the combination of a section having an extended base, an anti-friction device thereon, a second section normally resting upon said anti-friction de vice, and connections between said sections adapted to permit relatively swinging adjustments thereof to open and closed positions, said connections being adapted to allow said second section to move away from said anti-friction device and downwardly to a floor supported open position.

6. In a baggage carrier, the combination of a section having an extended base, an anti-friction device thereon, a second section movable over the extended base to a closed position and normally resting upon said anti-friction device, and connections between said sections adapted to permit relatively swinging adjustments thereof to open and closed positions, said connections being adapted to allow said second section to move away from said anti-friction device and downwardly to a floor supported open position, and the second section being provided with a supporting anti-friction device in a position to bear upon the floor only when said second section moves lownwardly from the level at which it is supported by said first-mentioned anti-friction device.

7. In a baggage carrier, the combination of a section having an extended base, an anti-friction device thereon, a second section normally resting upon said anti-friction device, connections between said sections adapted to permit a relative adjustment thereof to open and closed positions, said connections being adapted to allow said second section to move away from said antifriction device and downwardly to a floor ported open posit on, a supporting anti- .ction levicc on said second section in a position to bear upon the floor only when is associated section moves downwardly id away from said extended base, said firstin itioned anti-friction device and the hear-- ing portion of said second section engageable therewith being relatively inclined to allow the section to ride upon said anti-friction device to a raised position during final closing movement.

8. In a baggage carrier, the combination of a section having an extended base, a sec ond section normally supported thereon movable therefrom to open position and provided with a complementary portion including a member adapted for bearing contact with the floor in open position, and means carried by the base for lifting said member out of bearing contact with the floor during a .final closing movement of said second section over the base.

9. The combination with a section of a baggage carrier having an extended s, of a second section movably supported on said base, and connections between said sections adapted to allow movement of the second section away from said base and downwardlv to transfer a portion of its weight to the door when in open position.

10. The combination with a section of a baggage carrier having an extended base, of a second section movably supported on said base, and connections between said sections adapted to allow movement of the second section away from said base and downwardly to transfer a portion of its weight to the floor when in open position, said base also having a section lifting device adapted to raise the second section when moved to closed position over the base.

11. A. wardrobe trunk, comprising a drawer section, a wardrobe section, said sections being hingedly connected along one marginal side, whereby one section may be swung on a horizontal plane to and from closed position, the bottom of the other section being extended from its inner side a distance substantially equal to the width of the first-mentioned section, and an interlocking means carried by the wardrobe section and the other section extension and adapted to be slidably engaged when the trunk is closed.

12. A wardrobe trunk, comprising a drawer section, a wardrobe section, said sections being hingedly connected along one marginal side, whereby one section may be swung on a horizontal plane to and from closed position, the bottom of the other section being extended from its inner side a distance substantially equal to the width of the first-mentioned section, said other section excess closed.

13. A wardrobe trunk, comprising a drawer section, it warc'lrobe section, said sections being; hingcdly connected along one marginal sid'c, whereby one section may he swung on a horizontal plane to and from closed position, the bottom of the other section being extended from its inner side, a part carried by the wardrobe section and adapted to lit within 21 recess in the extension of the other section when the trunk closed and means carried by the adjacent marginal edc es oi said part and recess and adapted to be slidebly engaged when the trunk is closed.

14-. A wardrobe trianlc, coinnris ng a drawer section, a wardrobe section, said sections being hingcdly connected along one marginal side, whereby one section may be swung on a horizontal. plane to and from closed position, the bottom of the other section being extended from its inner side, and :1 channel member attended along the marginal edge portion of the wardrobe section and adapted to receive the adjacent marginal edge portion of said section extension when the trunk is closed.

15. A wardrobe trunk, con'iprising a drawer section, a wardrobe section, said sections being hingedly connected along one marginal side, whereby one section may be swung on a horizontal plane to and from closed position, the bottom of the other section being extended from its inner side, it

channel member extended along certain men ginnl edge portions of the wardrobe section and adapted to receive the adjacent marginal edge portion of said section extension when the trnnl: is closed, and means emb 'acing the marginal edges of said extension and adapted to fit within said channel member.

16. A wardrobe trunk, comprising two sections, hingedly connected for a movement on a horizontal plane to and from closed position, saic sections having their bot-- toms oliset lineally with reference to each other, one or said sections having an end which projects outwardly therefrom and forms an extension over which the other section movable to closed position, and means secured along the lower marginal edges of the panels of said other section to receive the marginal edges of the section extension, said means extending the panels of said other section to a point on a plane with the bottom marginal edges of the panels of said firstmentioned section.

17. lln a receptacle having sections connected together for relative lateral inovement in a horizontal plane, the combination with one of said sections, of an extended base over which the other section may swing to closed position, an anti-friction device mounted on said base and a cooperative supporting anti-friction device connected with said other section, said first mentioned antifriction device being positioned to relieve the other one from load during a part of the closing movement or" said sections.

In testimony whereof ll affix my signatnre.

GEORGE HENRY WHEARY. 

